I think there is something wrong with my phantom 2….hoping I am wrong.
I now have 4 flights on it. Two flights ended when it went into failsafe mode by itself and returned home. I was puzzled as my controller battery was not low and both times it went into failsafe when it was within 30 feet and about to land. I brought it in and turned it on just now and the yellow leds were blinking fast. I know this is a warm-up too, so I waited about 20 minutes while it blinked. I then picked up the phantom and rolled it a bit to turn off the battery and it went out of failsafe to normal mode and started looking for a GPS signal.
I then rolled the bird back over and it went back into failsafe mode with the yellow blinking. When I plug it into my PT2 software, it indicates that it is in failsafe mode. None of the switches on the controller work when it is doing this. The controller was on the entire time with a fresh set of batteries.
I have not crashed it and all of the landings have been gentle.
I have all of the latest firmware for the controller and for the phantom.
Could there be a loose connection that prevents the bird from getting a signal from the controller?
Terry
I now have 4 flights on it. Two flights ended when it went into failsafe mode by itself and returned home. I was puzzled as my controller battery was not low and both times it went into failsafe when it was within 30 feet and about to land. I brought it in and turned it on just now and the yellow leds were blinking fast. I know this is a warm-up too, so I waited about 20 minutes while it blinked. I then picked up the phantom and rolled it a bit to turn off the battery and it went out of failsafe to normal mode and started looking for a GPS signal.
I then rolled the bird back over and it went back into failsafe mode with the yellow blinking. When I plug it into my PT2 software, it indicates that it is in failsafe mode. None of the switches on the controller work when it is doing this. The controller was on the entire time with a fresh set of batteries.
I have not crashed it and all of the landings have been gentle.
I have all of the latest firmware for the controller and for the phantom.
Could there be a loose connection that prevents the bird from getting a signal from the controller?
Terry